To think that my six year old should have a "balanced diet"!

[OriginalUglyBetty]

I have had to add a thread as i am so mad. My ds is 6 and loves salad's veg and fruit. Today in the lunchbox was a ham sandwich some chopped fruit in a pot, some pure organge juice and a yoghurt. (just in case he fancied it i put in a small chocolate bar) as he seems to like things that are naturally low in fat unless i encourage the odd chocloate and biccies there would be nothing to him.

Well he has since told me that he asked the teacher to open his chocolate (a mini milky way) at lunch and she wouldnt by all accounts she had a bit of a go and told him he shouldnt have chocolate in school as it was unhealthy!

The school do have a healthy eating thing going on and have done since the Jamie Oliver thing but i do feel really annoyed by this - hence the rant!

Absolutely agree that they shouldn't have had a go at your DS - putting a note to you in lunchbox / book bag would have been more reasonable.

As for alternatives - how about a piece of flapjack, or small muffin - and save the chocolate for when he gets home?

are chocolate spread sandwiches allowed? just asking out of interest.

This nanny state thing is getting beyond a joke. They can't teach half the kids to read, but they have time to police lunchboxes.

If chocolate is so evil then let's make it illegal for everyone. Put it on the list beside cocaine.

No, greyriverside, lets make it something you have behind closed doors, not in public.

If you knew that chocolate wasn't allowed in the school rules then it was unfair to give him chocolate. He could manage without it until he got home.

Had a relised that my actions would have provoked such a reaction i would have done so. I suppose i just dont believe in teaching children that chocolate and crisps are the work of the devil, but unless i want my child to be bullied into a food phobia i have to conform.

I don't believe that chocolate and crisps should be labelled 'bad' and they are fine if there is a balanced diet.However it is better to conform to the school rules when they want to stop only chocolate and crisps.